Final Fantasy 16 was even better than you already thought it was - A Review

warning the following presentation contains cold hard truths that might change the way you think viewer discretion won't do you any good now games games games if you don't think this has been the best year for gaming in a long time you're just lying to yourself we got remakes of some of the best games ever we got Starfield we got Zelda we got Diablo we got that other game that looks way better than Diablo we got Star Wars we got college sex party oh oh I can't even show this game it's literally a porno wait is this the new CD project Red game looks like they're really honing in on what they're about but the game that inspires my brand of conversation was Final Fantasy 16 Final Fantasy might be my favorite gaming franchise they have some of the best storylines in gaming the art Direction character development World design constantly evolving battle systems and skill trees mini games some of the greatest music ever written ever and the fact that all the major entries have pushed their Hardware to its limits people love to list how many Final Fantasy games they've played I'm a massive Final Fantasy fan eight and 10 are two of my favorite games I really loved seven remake I played pretty much all the Final Fantasy games yes that includes dirch servers yes that includes the crappy mobile games I even played the Battle Royale and I'm not going to do that because who honestly gives a [ __ ] but I have no problem with people having a list I get it there are so many good games in this series and I also don't have a problem with people who didn't like 16 it's very different you play as a single character now and it's a lot more action oriented what I do have a problem with is people who have a problem with people who like the game if you buy Final Fantasy 16 you're an idiot if you're still playing Final Fantasy there is something wrong with you oh is that why you played it people are so stupid now they literally just call anything good anything a masterpiece anything a hype like as long as other people like it they like it too they're followers are you allowed to just like something anymore I don't think you are it's official I mean you can play the game with one hand and win oh really what are you using for the other buttons your foot the game literally plays itself I put the controller down so many times and the game just started playing itself boring cutscene simulator so he put the controller down during a cut scene and the game played itself wow that is crazy but for real Gamers such as myself on higher levels of thinking such as myself we're not fooled by is garbage higher think this is higher thinking if this is higher thinking we are not going to make it so go ahead play this button mashing casual piece of garbage like the clown that you are and get made fun of by real Gamers such as myself on higher levels of thinking such as myself I love how he has to keep mentioning that he's smart and anybody that disagreed show me your trophies bro oh God you don't like what I say in this video show me your do you even play games or do you just react to them Oh you mean what you're doing right now look this is one of those franchises that's been around for so long that it has a lot of disoriented fans I mean this is number 16 and to anyone who is still crying about how Square will never capture the magic of Final Fantasy 6 through 10 ever again move the [ __ ] on it's been more than 20 years 16 is not perfect but God damn if you didn't have fun playing this game I really think you need to spend less money at GameStop and more on some form of medical treatment if I didn't already have a PS5 I would buy one for this game the combat World design set pieces characters oh my God the music it's such a worthy entry into this series that by the end earns the right to be called Final Fantasy maybe more than any entry before it comparing this game to its predecessor Final Fantasy 15 it's basically the polar opposite now that is a game that I absolutely Stand By and still go back to but it's like they took the battle system from 15 and just went [ __ ] all of this and we're 15 stumbled by feeling almost cumbersome with the amount of content thrown all over the place not just with DLC and other multimedia but also having a game world that was a little too big for its own needs 16 shaves off all the fat and streamlines everything to the point where it's very clear that they didn't want to waste your time but this game really hit it out of the park undeniably in two categories story and action I really wanted the story to be good first of all it is good second it's dark third it might be the biggest most sprawling story they've ever ever done which is saying a lot and fourth it's actually coherent it's not filled with plot holes or spread across movies and Anime milk carton Collectibles it's like they got smacked in the face after 15 and really learned their lesson it's like somebody took that big noodle fork and shoved it right never mind the thing I really appreciated was that they knew how to make the story easy to follow with menus that focus on what's currently important and other menus that allow you to read all the other [ __ ] but being able to easily manage all of the lore in the game is something that 13 tried to do and something that 15 could have really benefited from I think something 15 had that 16 lacks was the cup noodle endorsement thank you there should have been a chapter where Clive has to visit Carl's Jr I mean honestly if people were so into that why aren't they pissed off that this wasn't in the game huh as for the action this game has some of the most insane action that you can currently Lay Your Eyes on it's like the developers looked at aura's wrath and were like hold my crackpipe I'll bet every power metal band was jerking off to this game they were like oh God yes this is what we've been singing about all these years but the way the game's most ridiculous scenes help to amplify what's going on in the story makes for such an insane power fantasy and a roller coaster ride that I honestly think every gamer should experience the regular combat in this game is such a blast now it may look like someone is just mashing buttons nonsensically but what you're doing is surprisingly elaborate although not to the point where the controls aren't really satisfying it's way more precise than previous Final Fantasy games games and it's just a joy to play with the different icon abilities there's nothing like jumping into a pack of unsuspecting enemies and just unleashing this come on but you know my favorites are the simple ones the flame sword hit is a classic just finding the best moments to land that or the best finishing a battle with one wow you think he's going to be okay as you can imagine I'm a huge fan of Titans moves it's all about getting in there for a nice boof oh yeah going around giving someone boof who wants it who wants a boof it's all about getting in there and just boof but I'm in the camp of thinking Bahamut is the most fun icon to use the Giga flare the satellite the blue fire breath I love how enemies just join in stupid I really don't give a flying rat's ass about those assist Rings the biggest controversy of this game is not the R-rated themes or the action gameplay people are really butt hurt about the accessibility rings that serve as the game's difficulty modifier some people have complained that if you equip these the game becomes too easy or have gone as far as saying it completely ruins the game the amount that I care about these Rings being in the game can be summed up with this graphic look I completely understand if you found the assist rings to be a dumb feature but the fact that people are mad about it just don't use them I really don't care that other people are cheating their way through the game with zero effort knock yourselves out they just want everybody to be able to enjoy the story and the Rings are actually an improvement over what the seven remake did which had a mode where the game actually played itself this is infinitely less stupid than that I'm also sick of hearing the argument that just because Elden ring is successful that means this game should have been just as hard completely different game you want something hard do those chronol lith trials those are some of the toughest challenges in the game where you'll need to become Adept at pretty much every icon ability if you want to beat them all but the fact that you can Respec all your skill points an infinite number of times makes this not just doable but actually really fun now lately Final Fantasy has been getting grilled heavily in two categories the side quests and the RPG Mechanics for all the Articles out there saying things like God of War is more an RPG than Final Fantasy 16 shut up nearly every game nowadays has RPG elements in it the term RPG doesn't really mean [ __ ] anymore I mean Ghost Recon could be considered an RPG and if Final Fantasy wants to experiment and change or combin genres that's awesome because there's no one I can think of that could do it better now as for the side quests in this game the game has side content but it's actually side content that's worse than any MMO side side content you've ever seen it was like a 5 minute sub Quest and all of them are like that if you found the side quests in this game boring you probably only did the first four a lot of them contain great storylines you usually get to go to a part of the map you never would have gone to and they almost always involve combat or a boss battle this right here is a side quest and look at this side quest even quests that sound boring like Gathering flowers really translates to fighting a gigus if you're actually missing out on these you're [ __ ] up big yes 15 had some timeconsuming side quests but this ain't that they even have a quest called [ __ ] and ball I mean I told you this game was R-rated speaking of ball I'm going to Giga flare this gigus right in the nuts because I am an immature man one of the reasons why I didn't really mind any activities in this game is because the graphics are just utterly disgustingly stupid combat is always beautiful to look at almost to the point where it's distracting but I love that about it and the calmer story beats where it's just dialogue actually really pop in their own way as for the controversial motion blur that they eventually patched people really exaggerated how bad it was it was definitely hideous but it didn't impair me with nausea and headaches like some people claimed if you're getting headaches and nausea from a motion blur why are you playing a game like this I mean you think a blur was bad how are you going to get through a single boss battle now like every Final Fantasy this game has a lot of characters that really shine and a lot of women clearly have a fan favorite male character character gos you see Sid was too likable gos has a little more Dimension you want a pie of Nan you'll have to go through me but I feel like both Sid and gos do not look how they sound what in good Greer's name is he doing this far south those men didn't hurt Martha did they I think they should both switch voices women would be so pissed don't ask me I don't bloody know Sid we can barely understand you stop smoking somebody get this guy some soft it's like his voice turned to stone and also everybody's talking about Sid but what about gav would you mind telling me what the [ __ ] just happened we don't even know where the [ __ ] a went oh [ __ ] this guy is clearly the Stiffler of the game and I'm totally here for it because you're our brother G my brother but Final Fantasy has always known how to be sexy and this game does deliver although I found myself looking for sex in the wrong places I'm sure it will serve us until we can find another source oh that's not necessary I I really don't mind doing this for you you think only of how you might help others and never of the danger to yourselves well I me you know I you know I am single I am honored that you should say so no I'm serious I'm I'm I'm not just saying that I I am do not give too much of yourself for the sake of others okay you're not following me here are you looking for something in particular yeah you're thank you wait why did that bleep I said potions something that is fairly obvious about this game is that the world it takes place in was inspired by Game of Thrones drones which I finally watched by the way I don't think this is a bad thing it was one of the most culturally impactful fantasy worlds of all time and while the developers were told to watch the show as inspiration for making the game I still think people exaggerated the similarities and also acted like total [ __ ] about it yeah of course it's not as good as George RR Martin's writing it's not a freaking HBO TV series but I think the Game of Thrones influence is really just on the surface level once you get past the intro of the game you get to crystals icons dominance and you see that the story is way more Final Fantasy than anything else now I may have disagreed with nearly every criticism that you've heard people say about this game but that doesn't mean I don't have a few of my own I'll start with the most important thing I think they should have used a different song in the credits are you kidding me I could have made a better song than that there's too many scenes of you coming upon a pile of dead civilians it happens so much starts to lose its oomph after a while the only other thing I find wrong with this game where are all the outfits this game doesn't have nearly as many cosmetic options as 15 did now they recently released a free DLC pack that did include new outfits but look at this are you serious this is that's it it's the same outfit you know for a modern Final Fantasy to skimp out on the fashion now that's [ __ ] [ __ ] Clive is a handsome guy I want to see how he looks in a dress who that is one hot chick but overall as a final fantasy fanatic I was pretty floored with this game and by that I mean I loved 15 and this game wiped the floor with it it built on the best aspects of 15 and the Seven remake the storytelling is seriously improving and it really seems like they're fine-tuning the more these newer entries are released as for the future of this series back in May naoki Yoshida revealed that he discussed the possibility of removing the numbers from The Game's titles because they're sick of having to tell people that they don't need to play the earlier entries who is not aware of that by now I feel like anyone that gives two shits about this series knows that that's the case but just recently it came out that square suffered a near $2 billion loss since the release of Final Fantasy 16 and that supposedly their new CEO plans on reducing the number of smaller games in favor of focusing on the more big budget ones that's a huge 104 there brother it only took you 17 spin-offs of Final Fantasy 7 to figure that out but I hope they never stop making The Grand Event likee Mainline Final Fantasy games don't remove the number because a lot of people will probably not care anymore and I kind of hope to be playing Final Fantasy 23 one day actually at the rate you guys are taking to make them I probably won't live to see that one but I can express how much I appreciate how different these games are I hope that never stops being the case because that's what keeps me coming back to all of them that is what makes this whole series so Timeless and remember even if you took the time to download the demo you are the enemy you are detrimental to the video game industry this day and age yes don't support video games that's how you support video games thanks for [Music] watching

Channel: Maj0r Lee

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Length: 19min 28sec (1168 seconds)

Published: Wed Oct 18 2023